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Learning ibeacon

Learning ibeacon

By : Craig Gilchrist
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Learning ibeacon

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By: Craig Gilchrist
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Overview of this book

This book is intended for iOS developers who are curious to learn about iBeacon and want to start building applications for iOS. You will gain everything you need to know to master indoor location functionality using Bluetooth beacon technology. No knowledge of iBeacon is assumed.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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Reader feedback
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1. Welcome to iBeacon
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1. Welcome to iBeacon
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Introducing iBeacon
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Hey, 'sup
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Understanding a range using RSSI
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Compatible devices
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Commercial applications of iBeacon
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So many vendors, so little time
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The companion OS X application and website
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Hello world
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Testing our code
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Summary
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2. Detecting Beacons – Showing an Advert
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2. Detecting Beacons – Showing an Advert
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Uses of the UUID/major/minor broadcasting triplet
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Understanding Core Location
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Creating a CLLocationManager class
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Understanding iBeacon permissions
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Building the tutorial app
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3. Broadcasting Advertisements – Sending Offers
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3. Broadcasting Advertisements – Sending Offers
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Introducing the Core Bluetooth framework
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Obtaining broadcast values from CLBeaconRegion
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4. Ranging Beacons – Hunting for Treasure
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4. Ranging Beacons – Hunting for Treasure
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There be treasure nearby
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Understanding distance
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Our application
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Getting started with building our app
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Completing the code
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5. Detecting Beacons in the Background – Location Dating
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5. Detecting Beacons in the Background – Location Dating
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Real-life use cases
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Handing over responsibility
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The CLBeaconRegion options
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Passbook integration
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Our tutorial app
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Testing your application
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6. Leaving Regions – Don't Forget Your Stuff
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6. Leaving Regions – Don't Forget Your Stuff
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Raspberry Pi
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Ninja Blocks
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Nest
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Phillips Hue
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Belkin WeMo
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iBeacon and home automation
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Beacon stickers
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Our tutorial
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Building our app
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Testing your app
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7. Vendor SDKs – Buying and Configuring Beacons
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7. Vendor SDKs – Buying and Configuring Beacons
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Estimote motes and SDK
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ROXIMITY implementation
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Choosing the best platform for your requirements
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AltBeacon – the open beacon specification
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Using Estimote API 2.1
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Let's get building
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Testing your application
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8. Advanced Tutorial – iBeacon Museum
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8. Advanced Tutorial – iBeacon Museum
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Our exhibitions
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The museum map
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Our app structure
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The supporting website
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Our app design
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Building the application
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Time to test
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9. iBeacon Security – Understanding the Risks
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9. iBeacon Security – Understanding the Risks
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Beacon spoofing
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Beacon hacking
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Dispelling security myths
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Overcoming users' fears with good UX
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AltBeacon – the open beacon specification

Because there is no open and interoperable specification for proximity beacons, Radius Networks has authored the AltBeacon specification as a proposal on how to solve this problem. The AltBeacon specification defines the format of advertisement messages in an attempt to bring a standard platform-independent way for proximity beacons to broadcast.

This is unlike the iBeacon specification, which requires the vendor to register with Apple's MFI program in order to find out the exact Bluetooth advertising channel protocol data unit (PDU), which iOS devices look out for.

The AltBeacon specification defines the format of the advertisement message that BLE proximity beacons broadcast and is free for all to implement with no royalty or fees.

Keep an eye out for AltBeacon implementations. I'm sure they'll come thick and fast with third-party library implementations very soon.

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